Yahoo's Fantasy Football Servers Down to Start NFL 1 PM Games

Fantasy football participants venturing to Yahoo! for some last-minute lineup tweaks or anything else were hit with a rude awakening on Sunday, as the site's fantasy football servers were down just prior to the morning games.

Obviously, this was an inopportune time for Yahoo! to experience difficulty, as thistweeter points out:  

Deano@Bronco_Time

Yahoo fantasy football isn't working today! I can't believe it....there is really only about 1 day u have to work right, and it's down!!!

11 Nov 12

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The site appears to be getting back online as we move on, which is certainly a good thing, but the damage has been done. 

Eight games kicked off at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday. That is 16 teams' worth of fantasy options that Yahoo! participants did not get the option of adjusting and tweaking. 

This is especially painful for fantasy players like me, who typically wait until the last second to set a lineup for the week. 

This is going to present some serious problems going forward. There is often much more than just bragging rights riding on fantasy football, and now there is a whole week's worth of results that will have giant asterisks. 

This tweeter presents a solid option for a bad situation. 

Dwayne Morrow@ddmjr

Because of their screwup, Yahoo fantasy football should give every team credit for optimal lineup...

11 Nov 12

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That option still does nothing to address the fact that there were undoubtedly plenty of users looking to make last-second waiver-wire adds. 

There will be plenty more to this story as it unfolds. Stay tuned.